diff --git a/filenames.auto.gni b/filenames.auto.gni
index b40f23e11ad7..8eb36da3ce62 100644
--- a/filenames.auto.gni
+++ b/filenames.auto.gni
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ auto_filenames = {
     "lib/renderer/ipc-renderer-internal.ts",
     "lib/renderer/remote/callbacks-registry.ts",
     "lib/renderer/webpack-provider.ts",
-    "lib/worker/init.js",
+    "lib/worker/init.ts",
     "package.json",
     "tsconfig.electron.json",
     "tsconfig.json",
diff --git a/lib/worker/init.js b/lib/worker/init.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from lib/worker/init.js
rename to lib/worker/init.ts
index 05a644369380..adda86471145 100644
--- a/lib/worker/init.js
+++ b/lib/worker/init.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-'use strict';
+import * as path from 'path';
 
-const path = require('path');
 const Module = require('module');
 
 // We modified the original process.argv to let node.js load the